Putin dismisses furor over Trump intel-sharing as ‘political schizophrenia’

Russian President Vladimir Putin is dismissing the ongoing scandal around US President Donald Trump sharing classified intelligence with Russian officials as “political schizophrenia.”

Trump came under fire earlier this week after it was revealed that he shared the sensitive intelligence with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian ambassador to the US Sergei Kislyak.

Speaking at a joint news conference with the visiting Italian prime minister, Putin says he had “no other explanation” as to why Trump came under attack other than “political schizophrenia.” Putin even suggested that Russia share the records of last week’s talks between Trump and Lavrov with the US Congress, if the White House approved.

Putin jokes that that he would reprimand Lavrov because “he hasn’t shared those secrets with us.”

— AP